Comments on: The alarm http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/ An experiment. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:32:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BethK http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 BethK Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:05:35 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3380 Hi Mal, Thanks for the comment over at S&P. I'm right there with you on the bridge, cheering you past that 300lb troll. Sucker's going down! Hi Mal,

Thanks for the comment over at S&P. I’m right there with you on the bridge, cheering you past that 300lb troll. Sucker’s going down!

]]> By: MaryFran http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3379 MaryFran Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:48:39 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3379 Thank you for the reminder to focus on the big picture...how my clothes fit, my energy level and not those stinkin' pounds (which yeah, I've been a moaner about being stuck for the last umpteen)!!! Thank you for the reminder to focus on the big picture…how my clothes fit, my energy level and not those stinkin’ pounds (which yeah, I’ve been a moaner about being stuck for the last umpteen)!!!

]]> By: Jen http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 Jen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:09:34 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3378 You are so right. I am a level-headed type of person and never really let things bother me too. But...that goshdarn scale! I am always tempted to weigh myself in the morning if I was good on my diet the day before. I actually FEEL smaller. My heart expects to see the tangible results immediately. Then I get a rude awakening when I step on that scale. Talk about disappointment. I will actually be upset about it all day long. Literally. It skews my entire day--no matter what good things may have happened. Jen You are so right. I am a level-headed type of person and never really let things bother me too. But…that goshdarn scale! I am always tempted to weigh myself in the morning if I was good on my diet the day before. I actually FEEL smaller. My heart expects to see the tangible results immediately. Then I get a rude awakening when I step on that scale. Talk about disappointment. I will actually be upset about it all day long. Literally. It skews my entire day–no matter what good things may have happened.

Jen

]]> By: The Baroness http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3377 The Baroness Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:13:47 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3377 I go through this all the time because I weigh myself daily. You're right, it really shouldn't matter. lol I threw out all of my old clothes, so I don't know why it really matters until the new ones start to feel tight. I go through this all the time because I weigh myself daily. You’re right, it really shouldn’t matter. lol I threw out all of my old clothes, so I don’t know why it really matters until the new ones start to feel tight.

]]> By: vickie http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3376 vickie Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:11:32 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3376 I had the "2 pound UP leeway" all the way down to maintenance (goal range). I didn't sweat 2 pounds up and I didn't count 2 pounds down until it had stayed around for a while. My weight would do a little bouncing act as the pounds slipped off - the scale would go down - bounce around a bit - and then settle into the new weight. It would stay there for a while and become the new weight. Then it would bounce around a bit, and then stay and then THAT would become the new norm. This happened all the way down the scale. I (personally) NEVER looked at the decimal point on the scale - I paid attention to whole numbers only and switched scales to a whole number scale for this reason. I had the “2 pound UP leeway” all the way down to maintenance (goal range).

I didn’t sweat 2 pounds up and I didn’t count 2 pounds down until it had stayed around for a while.

My weight would do a little bouncing act as the pounds slipped off – the scale would go down – bounce around a bit – and then settle into the new weight. It would stay there for a while and become the new weight.

Then it would bounce around a bit, and then stay and then THAT would become the new norm.

This happened all the way down the scale.

I (personally) NEVER looked at the decimal point on the scale – I paid attention to whole numbers only and switched scales to a whole number scale for this reason.

]]> By: justoofat http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 justoofat Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:19 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3375 Man, there's so much wisdom in this post. I know I'll come back to it over and over again when I find myself fretting over meaningless things. Thank you. j Man, there’s so much wisdom in this post. I know I’ll come back to it over and over again when I find myself fretting over meaningless things. Thank you.

j

]]> By: Big Girl http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/comment-page-1/#comment-3365 Big Girl Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:39:50 +0000 http://www.latebloomerlog.com/2008/08/12/the-alarm/#comment-3365 Thank you!!! I kinda makes me crazy to read people getting upset about gaining a pound or two... it really is the general direction downward that the most important. Thank you!!! I kinda makes me crazy to read people getting upset about gaining a pound or two… it really is the general direction downward that the most important.

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